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Couples - The Domestic Division of Labour Flashcards

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1
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What does the domestic division of labour refer to?

A

The roles that men and women play in relation to housework, childcare and paid work

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What are sociologists interested in regarding the domestic division of labour?

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They are interested in whether or not men and women share the domestic tasks equally

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Who developed the instrumental and expressive roles theory?

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Parsons

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Which model of the family shows a clear division of labour between husband and wife?

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Parsons’ functionalist model of the family

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What role does the husband have according to Paraons?

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The instrumental role

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What does the instrumental role involve?

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Achieving success at work so the husband can produce financially for his family. The man is the breadwinner

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What role does the wife have according to Paraons’ functionalist model of the family?

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An expressive role

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What does the expressive role involve? (3)

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Primary socialisation of the children
Meeting the family’s emotional needs
Full time housewife rather than wage earner

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What is the division of labour based on according to Parsons?

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Based on biological differences

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10
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What roles are men and women biologically suited to according to Parsons?

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Women biologically suited to nurturing role
Men biologically suited to role of provider

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Why is the segregated division of labour a good thing according the Parsons?

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Because it is beneficial to men and women, their children and wider society

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Which sociologists hold the view of Parsons other than functionalists?

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New Right thinkers

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Three sociologists that criticise Parsons

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Young and Willmott
Oakley

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Y and W

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Young and Willmott

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How do Y and W criticise Parsons’ functionalist model of the family?

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They argue that men are now taking greater share of domestic tasks and more wives are becoming wage earners

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What aspect of Parsons’ functionalist model of the family do feminist sociologists reject?

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The view that the division of labour is based on biological differences

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Who does Parsons’ functional model of the family only benefit according to feminists?

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Only benefits men

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What process did the unfair division of labour originate according to Oakley?

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Industrialisation

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19
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What does Oakley believe about the housewife role? (Criticism of Parsons)

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Believes it is socially constructed rather than biological

20
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Who came up with 2 conjugal roles?

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Bott

21
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What are conjugal roles?

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Roles that men and women play within a marriage

22
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What two conjugal roles did Bott develop?

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Segregated and joint conjugal roles

23
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Segregated conjugal roles

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Couples have separate roles where male is breadwinner and female in homemaker/carer

24
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Joint conjugal roles

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Couple share tasks such as housework and childcare

25
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During what study did Y and W identify a pattern of segregated conjugal roles?

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In their study of traditional w/c extended families on 1950s London

26
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How did Y and W identify a pattern of segregated conjugal roles?

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Found men were breadwinners who played little part in home life and spend their leisure time with workmates
Found women were full time housewives

27
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What view do Y and W take about the history of the family?

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A march of progress view

28
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What do Y and W believe there has been a long term trend away from?

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A long term trend away from segregated conjugal roles

29
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What type of family did Y and W develop?

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The symmetrical family

30
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What is the symmetrical family?

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A family where the roles of the husband and wife are equal as women now work, men now help with housework/childcare and couples now spend their leisure time together

31
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In modern society, which couples are symmetrical families most common in?

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Younger couples
Geographically and socially isolated couples
Rich couples

32
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What is the rise of the symmetrical family a result of according to Y and W?

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Rapid social changes

33
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Examples of rapid social changes

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Changes in women’s positions
Geographical mobility
New technology
Higher living standards

34
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Which sociologists reject the march of progress view?

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Feminists

35
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Why do feminists reject the march of progress view?

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Because they argue that little has changed as men and women remain unequal within the family as women do more more

36
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What do household inequalities stem from according to feminists?

A

Patriarchal society

37
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Which sociologist is Oakley?

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A feminist

38
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How does Oakley criticise Y and W?

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By claiming their arguments are exaggerated

39
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Example of how Y and W arguments are exaggerated

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They found husbands helped their wives at least once a week but this could simply include an easy task such as taking the kids to the park

40
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When did Oakley conduct research onto housewives?

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1974

41
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What trend towards family symmetry did Oakley find in her research on housewives?

A

No evidence of a trend towards symmetry

42
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What percentage of husbands had a high level of participation in housework in Oakley’s research on housewives in 1974?

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15%

43
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What percentage of husbands had a high level of participation in childcare in Oakley’s research on housewives in 1974?

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25%

44
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Who found that fewer than 20% of husbands played a major role in childcare in their 1983 study?

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A feminist called Boulton

45
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How do Y and W exaggerate men’s contributions according to Boulton?

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By looking at tasks involved in childcare, rather than responsibilities

46
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When would men carry out ‘female tasks’ according to feminists Worde and Hetherington?

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Only when their partners weren’t available

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